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US
/aɪˈɡwɑnə/
]
[ UK /ˌɪɡjuːˈɑːnɐ/ ]
[ UK /ˌɪɡjuːˈɑːnɐ/ ]
NOUN
- large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America
How To Use iguana In A Sentence
- A small number of reptiles, including green iguanas and common lizards, have been shown to exhibit kin recognition.
- The tortoises, marine iguanas and land iguanas on the Galapagos Islands, studied by Charles Darwin, provide some of the most striking examples.
- This week, health officials are linking the death of a 3-week-old boy in Indiana to the pet iguana.
- Populations of howler monkeys, iguanas, and leaf-cutting ants exploded.
- But the iguanas in dinosaur costumes, super-sized dimetrodons, superimposed supposed menaces, don't cut it.
- It was not an iguana, which is so different in appearance as to make it impossible to confuse the two. Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure
- From a burrow hidden beneath a flourish of saltwort, a land iguana watched them pass, not even bothering to lift its head. MINUTES TO BURN
- Gutting the iguana is a gory business, followed by cutting off the paws and removing the glands called bolitas, found at the top part of the legs. Chron.com Chronicle
- While you’re crossing this beautiful site, you’re sharing the place with the iguanas, the freshness of the wind, and the magical sounds of the crashing waves.
- He could easily have cited the Aldabran tortoise, the chuckwalla of Angel de la Guarda, the hippo of Madagascar, the beetles of Madeira, the elephantids of Timor, the iguanas of the Galápagos, the finches of Darwin and Lack, the earwig of Saint Helena, and the dodo. The Song of The Dodo